Formerly known as the Bound 2 era, 2013 was a year of cultural weight. Jam-packed with break-the-internet moments that remain just as shocking as they did 10 years ago – from Miley Cyrus’ disastrous live performance at the VMAs...
RACHEL CHINOURIRI – ‘RIBS’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LREFxciBy60
On her lively new single the alternative indie-pop artist captures the lovesick feeling of when physical pain meets the emotional. Written when the singer was battling a chest infection and had a big crush on someone,...
In a week where Frank Ocean was making news for being a reluctant festival headliner, a different artist across the pond was quietly proving that they are a better live band than ever. 20 years since their formation, Paramore...
Arlo Parks – 'Blades'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwkkBVQB_3U&t=143s
Arlo Parks is the kind of artist that normally hits you in the feels, and leaves you feeling wistful. On the third single from her forthcoming second album ‘My Soft Machine’ – which features nu-disco loops,...
Kara Jackson’s releases have distinctly arresting titles. They are sweeping and epic: first the EP 'Songs For Every Chamber of the Heart' and now the LP 'Why Does The Earth Give Us People to Love' and it is this...
Friday
Lava La Rue
The Californian sun is already beating down hard on the Coachella site, so ducking into the Sonora tent to begin the weekend with Lava La Rue is a great idea for two reasons. First, shade and fans...
On the drive towards Indio, through the Coachella Valley, boygenius stare down at you from the side of the road. “Not strong enough?” the trio silently ask, leaning on each other as they hold their mock-lawyer ad stances. At...
Since they debuted in 2016, BLACKPINK have mastered the girl crush concept – K-pop’s term for when female artists deliver empowering, strong songs and messages. Their songs often pit the four women as individuals who don’t need men, at times...
When somebody has new music out, it’s normal for there to be some debate about their sound, the kind of influences or ideas that they channel most. When you’re a woman, however, there is every chance that anything you...
ENNY – ‘Charge It’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxCMqH4BZSw
“I could never be a friend of a foe / But I fold at the sight of an ‘Are you up?’ Text,” ENNY breezily laments on ‘Charge It’, one of the self-assured highlights of the Londoner’s...